Objectives: To compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients with grade-1 L4/5 degenerative spondylolisthesis. Methods: Based…
Background: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) with Charcot arthropathy is a rare combination in orthopaedic clinical practice. The experience dealing with such patients is limited. Here with this…
Objective: The risk of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) increases over years of practice which may lead to career-ending among surgeons. Exoscopes represent a new generation of imaging systems that help surgeons…
Objective: Lumbosacral pseudoarthrosis is a common complication following adult spine deformity (ASD) surgery. This study assessed the reoperation rate for L5-S1 pseudoarthrosis in the ASD population. Compared with TLIFs, we…
Objective: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is a well-accepted surgical technique used to treat various lumbar degenerative pathologies. Recently, hyperlordotic cages have been introduced to create higher degrees of lordosis…
Objective: The American Spine Registry (ASR) is a collaborative effort between the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. The goal of this study was…
doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07748-8. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Kwong Wah Hospital, 25 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. [email protected]. 2 Department of Orthopaedics &…
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Study design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: To compare the rate of adjacent segment disease (ASD) in patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) versus transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) for treatment…
Study design: Retrospective Study. Objective: This study aims to investigate variation in the number of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, the prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) and the prevalence of…